It was the end of Spring, we were ready for beach days and rainbow colored Otter Pops in the hot afternoons on the back patio. No one prepared us for the sudden shock. Roxy went from being our happy couch potato to a very sick and lethargic dog within 24 hours. It turned out she had cancerous masses in her spleen and liver and was bleeding internally. I knew it was serious when she turned away as I went to pet her. Never in million years would she refuse love. This was heartbreaking for all of us. We brought her home for a few hours to lay together on the floor and share unspoken time together.
That evening, we bid her farewell and said our goodbyes with tears streaming down our faces and hearts tearing apart inside. I took her to the vet and stayed with her during the whole process of sending her off to Heaven. It was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do and makes me cry as I describe it. We are comforted by the knowledge that she is in the most perfect place with a new body and the joyous spirit that she had here on Earth. She is now eating anything she wants and running as fast as she can with every type of animal and Roxy is happy. We are left here to remember her and to reminisce on all the joy she brought to us. We love you and will always miss you dear Roxy.
xoxo
your family.
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Jessie!! You are such a gifted and wonderfully descriptive writer! I never knew...What a great thing to discover about my really good friend :)You have a career in professional writing waiting for you. xx
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